Apparel garment



July 16, 1929. 'w, Kops APPAREL G ARMENT Filed Jan. 31. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 july 16, 1929. w. KoPS APPAREL GARMENT Filed Jan. 31, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet .I Ll-line above the bust to a point lor line belowf i Stitching.

Patented July I6, 1929.

UNIT-ED STATES WALDEMAR KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR T KOPS BROS. INC., OF

YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

APPAREL GARMENT.

Application led January 31, 1928. Serial No. 250,793.

This invention relates to an apparel gary ment and more particularly to that type of garment which isv constructed to include both a girdle and a brassire and is made to have the parts'attachable at the side s0.

as to be thus secured on the body of the wearer. The particular object of the invention is the provision of a belt device arranged in the front of the garment at the inner side thereof to flatten or otherwise control the diaphragm of the wearer. The garment is so constructed that this diaphragm belt or strap extends entirely across the front member of the garment and c0- operates with a centrally disposed liner mem- By reference to the drawing it will bel seen that in carrying'out the invention the garment includes a front member in which there is a centrally disposed liner member to assist in supporting the abdomen, a back member, side members, and a diaphragm` strap or belt extending across the front member. The front member of the garment, as illustrated, includes a central section 10 and lateral sections ll'and 12. The front or central section 10 is connected to the section 11 by a reinforcing strip 13 andsuitable lines of stitching. In a similar manner the central section 10 of the front memberv is connected to the section 12 by a reinforcing strip 14 and suitable lines of ber extend 'from the upper to the lower edges of the garment and are of suliicient A .A length to cover the body from a point or the thighs. v

'Ifhe garment also includes a back member 15 as well as side members each of which, as illustrated, includes a section of Y inelastic material and a section of elastic material. In the right hand sidejmember the section of inelastic-material is indicated These sections of the front memat 16, and thesection of elastic material at 17, whereas in the left hand side member the section of inelastic Amaterial is indicated at 18 and the section ofl elastic material at 19. It will be understood "that all of the sections of the garment to which reference has been made are preferably of inelastic material with the exception of the sections 17 and 19 which, in addition to being made of suitable elastic material, vare gore shaped and adapted to diverge downwardly from points at approximately the waist line, or slightly below the same, to the lower edge of the garment. The back member 15 is connected to the sections 16 and 17 of the right hand side member by a reinforcing strip 20 and suitable lines of'stitching, while the sections of this right hand side member y are connected to each other b a reinforcin strip 21 and suitable lines ofystitching, an the reinforcing strip 20 'may include` a pocket for the reception' of the stay 22.- In

.a similar manner the sections of the left hand side member are connected to the back4 member by a reinforcing strip 23 and suitable lines of stitching, while the sections 18 and 19 of this side member are connected to each other by a reinforcing strip 24 and suitable lines of stitching. Like the reinforcing strip 20 the reinforcing strip 23 may also include a pocket for the reception of the stay 25. These stays 22v and 25 extend from approximately the upper. to the lwer edgesof the garment. The section 16 of the right hand side member is connected to the section 12 of the front member by a reinforcing strip 26 and suitable ,lines rof l stitchinf. The free edge of the section 11 of the front member is provided with a reinforcing strip 27 on which in spaced positions there are secured a series of hooks 28. The free edge of the section 18 of the left hand side member is similarly provided with a reinforcing strip 29 in which in,

spaced posiutionsthere is a series of eyes 30 corresponding in number with the hooks 28 substantially. also the axillai'yfline of the body. Also, as illustrated, the back member in the lower portion thereof may be reinforced by a liner 31, which .at its oppovso that each eye 30 is adapted to be e114 this connection is made at the left side and i" i and 40 may site sides or edges is connected in the reinforcing strips 2O and 23 bythe same lines -`same lines of stitching which through these reinforcing strips connect the central section 1() to the lateral sections 11 and 12. In this reinforcing member 34 I employ suitably space-d stays, as indicated respectively at 35,36 and 37. The reinforcing member 34 preferably extendsfrom its upper edge, which is adapted to lieiat approximately the Waist line, to its bottoi.edge 38, appreciably distant from the lower edge of the garment, this memberfbeing sulicient ly long to overlie the abdomen o`f the wearer and to function as a support therefor.

In the front member of the garment Iv employ a diaphragm belt or strap'. As illustrated this strap includes a central member of inelastic material and end members of elastic material. The central member, as shown, includes sections 39 and 40, the elastic end members being' indicated at 41 and 42. The forward end of the elastic member 41 is connected to the outer edge of they section 39 by lines of stiching 43. Similarly the forward end of the member 42 is connected to the outer edgel of the section 40 by lines of stitching 44. The sections 39 be connected along a centrally disposed line by means of a reinforcing strip 45 and suitable lines ofistitching, associated with which I may employ a stay 4G. The sections 39 and 40 may also be fitted with stays as indicated at 47 and.48. distant ends of the elastic members 41 and 42 are secured in the garment by being connected respectively to the reinforcing strip 27 and the reinforcing strip 2G by the same lines of stitching that connect the reinforcing strip 27, to the sections 1l and that connect the reinforcing strip 26 to the sections 12 and 16. This diaphragm belt or strap is placed in such a position that normally its upper edge` is substantially coincident with the upper edge of the section 34. It is to be noted that the central inelastic member of the diaphragm strap or belt is wider in its central than in its end portions, boththe upper and lower edges thereof convergmg toward the elastic members 41 and 42,

`The diaphragm strap or belt is not connected to the garment otherwise than de- The i scribed so thatexcept at its ends this diaphragm strap or belt may be shifted to position within certain limits for use. Furthermore, it will be noted that the length of the central member of this diaphragm belt or strap is slightly greater vthan the width of the central section 10 of the front member, and that normally the length of the diaphragm strap or belt is appreciably less than the width of the front member whereby in securing a garment in position on the body the strap or belt is extended to the width of the front member to exert a tension against the diaphragm to flatten or otherwise control the same.

As is customary the garment includes the usual hose supporters 49 and 50 depending from the front member, and 51 and 52l de-l pending from the back member. The. gar-A ment may also include the usual shoulder straps, as indicated at 53 and 54 respectively.

I claim as my invention:

1'. In a'garment of the type described, a front member comprising a central section and lateral sections, a back member, side members, the said members being connected and adapted to be secured on the body at the side thereof by connecting one edge of the front member to an adjacent edge of a side member, a reinforcing member extending only across the central section of the front `member and extending downwardly from approximately the Waistdlinel sufficiently far to overlie the abdomen, a diaphragm belt including a central section of inelastic material, the upper edge of which is normally coincident with the upper edge of the said reinforcing member, the said central section of the diaphragm belt being substantially coextcnsive circumferentially with the said reinforcing, member, and end members of elastic material, the forward edges of theend members of elastic material being connected to the distant edges of the said central section of the belt and the distant edges of thev said end members of elastic material being connected respectively at the distant edges of the lateral sections of the front'member, the diaphragm belt being otherwise free in the garment whereby and by means of the elastic members the diaphragm belt is shiftable to position and adapted to create a tension and a corresponding pressure against the di' aphragm to flatten and control the same.

2. In a garment of the type described, a

front member, a back member, side meml bers, the said members being connected and adapted to be secured on the body at the side thereof, a reinforcing member extending circumferentially part Way across the said front member and extending longitudinally from approximately the Waist line to a point below the abdomen, and a diaphragm belt including a central section of inelastic material, the upper edge of which is normally coincident with the upper edge of the said reinforcing member, the said central section of the diaphragm belt being substantially coextensive circnmferentially with the said reinforcing member, and end members of elastic material, the forward edges of which are connected to the distant edges of the said central section of the belt and the distant edges of the said elastic lnem- 10 bers of the belt being connected respectively at the edges ofthe said front member, the diaphragm belt being otherwise free in the garment whereby and by means of the elastic members the diaphragm belt is shiftable to position and adapted to create a tension and a corresponding `pressure against the diaphragm to flatten and control the same.

Signed by me this 7th day of January,

VALDEMAR KOPS. 

